Pumpkin Coconut Curry (Dudhi Ghashi)

 Last week, we had a visit to the local Pumpkin Patch. Dear Son’s school had a trip there and we had a fun time with the other kids and the parents. The weather was good and the kids had a great time playing, exploring, and running around while the adults had a good change from the usual grind. While returning back we got to carry some pumpkins back home.      I am a huge fan of pumpkins and could not wait to try out different things with that. I am not good at carving or baking so the next best thing…

Fenugreek Goodness: Methi Onion Bhaaji and Methi Muthiya ( A Guest Post)

When I had hosted the Herb Mania Fenugreek Event, I had received a sweet email from Falguni a non-blogger containing 2 beautiful recipes for Methi (Fenugreek). I could not post this during the roundup as I was caught up with so many different things and my apologies for the same. But then it is better late than never and I am including her recipe in this post. I am also including this in the Herb Mania Fenugreek Roundup.  Back to Falguni and her recipes. Even though Falguni says that she is no expert and has just started exploring her culinary…

Tendli Sukke | Tindora Recipe

      Konkani Sukke is a dry coconut curry that has roasted coriander seeds and urad daal while making the masala along with coconut, tamarind and red chillies. This recipe here is only a method and can be used as a basic guideline; use any other vegetable of choice like okra, beans, raw banana etc instead of the Tindora/ Ivy Gourd based on your preferences and taste.  Before my marriage I was exposed to predominantly North Kanara and Maharashtrian style Konkani cooking.  We used terms like Ambat, Ghashi, Kadi, Patal Bhaji, Suki Bahaji etc to denote different variations of coconut based…